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<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/23552" target="_blank">read more</a></p>centre for welfare reformEkklesiaiain ducan smithwork capability assessmentCommentWed, 09 Nov 2016 17:26:15 +0000Virginia Moffatt23552 at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk**Extended to November 2016** Consultation on replacing ESAhttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/23380
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<div class="field-item"><p><em>ESA is not fit for purpose needs replacing. Many are agreed about that. What has not yet been proposed is a system to replace it. Such a system should be designed primarily by the sick and disabled people who will depend upon it.&nbsp;This is what Ekklesia is proposing to research, following our detailed survey of users. Here is your opportunity to contribute.</em></p>
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<p>In its initial survey, Ekklesia asked respondents about what support they needed in order to be able to work (if work were possible at all) and how the assessment process should occur. The results of this survey have been published in two reports. The first focusses on the support that sick and disabled people say that they need if they are to be able to work. The second report presents a proposal for a new assessment and support process, again based upon the responses to the survey. But there is more work to do.</p>
<p>Ekklesia are asking people to respond to their initial proposal with comments and critique. Their second report is also a consultation document, asking for responses to the proposed system and principles. Twelve weeks have been given to respond to this consultation, which is running from 9th&nbsp;August to <strong>late November</strong>. Ekklesia are particularly keen for responses from people with sensory impairments, spinal or limb injuries, learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders as these groups were under-represented in the initial survey. However, chronic physical and mental illness continue to be central to the design of a suitable assessment process, especially given their traditional under-assessment in income-replacement and extra-cost benefits.</p>
<p>You can find the&nbsp;<a href="https://spartacusnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ekklesia-esareport-part1-2016.pdf">first report here</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://spartacusnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ekklesiaesareport-part2consultation.pdf">second (consultation) report here</a>. You can respond to the report by emailing your response to&nbsp;<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;">&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>&nbsp;or by posting it to Ekklesia Survey c/o Simon Barrow, 3/3 Kirk St, Edinburgh, EH6 5EX.<br />If you prefer, for simplicity, you can answer the consultation questions using a scale of Strongly Disagree / Disagree / Neither Agree nor Disagree / Agree / Strongly Agree.</p>
<p>The report by Ekklesia shows that the government is badly failing its sick and disabled citizens. The government claimed that the Incapacity Benefit system abandoned disabled people to a life on benefits. Yet we are far more abandoned by ESA. Under IB we were given the freedom to live and manage their lives; on ESA WRAG or JSA we are mandated to activities beyond our capabilities without the support we would need to be able to undertake them.</p>
<p>Without this support, any attempts to get us into work are simply doomed to fail. It is a waste of the government’s resources to put money into a scheme that cannot work, and a waste of our health, energy and capacity for social inclusion. The government cannot have it both ways; it cannot refuse to pay the cost of employment support and simultaneously insist that we ‘prepare for’ work that we will never find.</p>
<p>The principles that Ekklesia propose allows the government to make the choice of whether to fully support someone to work, or to support them in a life of independence and social inclusion outside of the workplace. By basing the decision upon what support is needed for an individual to work, we ensure that the decision on capacity for work is tied in to both what support an employer can provide, and what the government is providing. We end the farcical situation where individuals are told by the DWP’s mechanistic system that they are fit for work, when the assessor and employment support worker know that the individual is demonstrably unfit for work. And we ensure that no-one is asked to work before the government has made it possible for them to do so.</p>
<p><em>Based on the results from the respondents to Ekklesia’s survey, Ekklesia have proposed, as a starting point for this consultation, that a new assessment process should include the following features:</em></p>
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<li>* Medical evidence should be provided for all individuals; this is a more efficient way to get an accurate medical opinion than having to employ medics who are not involved in the individual’s care.</li>
<li>* The assessment should be in the format of a discussion taking place over several meetings.</li>
<li>* Claimants should have the opportunity to comment on the assessor’s report before a decision is made.</li>
<li>* The assessor should also be the one who makes the decision on fitness for work.</li>
<li>* Reassessment need only occur for those not in regular contact with a caseworker, and should be light-touch in recognition that these are the people who are least likely to become fit for work.</li>
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<p><em>The criteria of fitness for work should be based on the following:</em></p>
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<li>* The decision of capacity for work should include labour market competitiveness.</li>
<li>* The assessment should consider the overall capacity for work, including the need to work at a slower pace or have breaks from work, rather than focussing on isolated activities.</li>
<li>* The assessment should give direct consideration to the skills that the individual has and whether or not these can be used given the claimant’s health condition.</li>
<li>* A decision of fit for work should be based upon the ability to identify jobs that that individual could perform.</li>
<li>* If an individual needs particular forms of support to be able to work, that individual is considered unfit for work unless and until that support is provided.</li>
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<p><em>The underlying policy position, principles and assumptions should recognise that:</em></p>
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<li>* Individuals contribute to society in a number of ways other than paid work, and the value of these contributions should be recognised.</li>
<li>* The social security system needs to protect those whose health and quality of life is at risk of being damaged by requirements to engage in work or work-related activity.</li>
<li>* Voluntary work should be encouraged as a valuable contribution to society and as an acceptable activity for people with chronic illness who claim sickness benefits.</li>
<li>* The basic rate of benefit should be set at a level that is adequate for long-term living including social participation in society.</li>
<li>* Sanctions and conditionality are detrimental to health, well-being and financial security. They should not be used for people with chronic illness. Instead, a system of top-ups (above a liveable base-level benefit) could be acceptable to compensate individuals for engagement in activity.</li>
<li>* A range of areas not well captured by the WCA are key to the understanding and assessment of capacity for work. These include mental health, varying or unpredictable capacity for work, and the accumulation of incapacity from multiple origins.</li>
<li>* Capacity for work is impacted by the provision of support in areas of life outside of the individual workplace. These can include health care, personal assistance, home help, caring responsibilities, commuting and regulation of the labour market to promote more and better quality jobs.</li>
<li>* People with chronic illness need a wide range of support if they are to be able to work.</li>
<li>* People with chronic illness may benefit from re-training, particularly where re-training may allow the individual to use remaining health capacity better or compensate for loss of capacity in a previously trained area.</li>
<li>* Employers may be reluctant to employ people with chronic illness due to founded or unfounded concerns of associated costs. Employers may need practical advice, support and/or financial assistance to make it viable for them to take on an employee where the any associated costs are uncertain.</li>
<li>* There is a mismatch between what employers mean and can manage when they refer to flexible working, and what people with chronic illness mean and need when they refer to flexible working.</li>
<li>* There is a difference between an individual being ‘capable’ of work (which could include working for small units of time at irregular intervals, spread out over a longer period), and an individual being employable or being able to find or sustain work.</li>
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<p>You can find the&nbsp;<a href="https://spartacusnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ekklesia-esareport-part1-2016.pdf">first report here</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://spartacusnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ekklesiaesareport-part2consultation.pdf">second (consultation) report here</a>. You can respond to the report by emailing your response to&nbsp;<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;">&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>&nbsp;or by posting it to Ekklesia Survey c/o Simon Barrow 3/3 Kirk St, Edinburgh, EH6 5EX.</p>
<p>If you prefer, for simplicity, you can answer the consultation questions using a scale of Strongly Disagree / Disagree / Neither Agree nor Disagree / Agree / Strongly Agree.</p>
<p><strong><em>The consultation is running from 9th August to late November 2016.</em></strong></p>
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EqualityNews BriefEmployment & Support AllowanceEmployment Support AllowanceesaResearchwcawork capability assessmentFri, 04 Nov 2016 11:05:17 +0000Stef Benstead23380 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukToby Young and I Daniel Blake, continuedhttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/23524
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<div class="field-item"><p>This consultation report is based on data from a survey conducted by Ekklesia from October 2015 to January 2016. It is the second of three reports that use the results from the survey to explore a new system of assessment and support for people with chronic illness and disability. The aim of these reports is to develop a new system, designed by people with chronic illness and disability, which can replace the current Employment and Support Allowance, Work Capability Assessment and Work Programme. </p>
<p>This report proposes a new system based on the responses to the survey, and invites comment and cri que from anyone with chronic illness or disability, and from individuals or organisa ons who support those with chronic illness or disability whether through charitable, grass-roots, caring or advisory services.&nbsp;</p>
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<div class="field-item"><p><strong>* The full report can be read and downloaded (*.PDF) here:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/ekklesia_esa_report2_oct_2016.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/ekklesia_esa_report2_oct_2016.pdf</a>&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/ekklesia_esa_report2_oct_2016.pdf" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p><em>The <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/23380" target="_blank">follow-on survey</a>, open until late November 2016, is also contained within the report.&nbsp;</em></p>
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EqualityNews BriefEmployment & Support AllowanceResearchwork capability assessmentSat, 01 Oct 2016 15:47:16 +0000Stef Benstead23545 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukThe WCA's devastating effect on public healthhttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22324
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<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22321" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Equalitybenefitsdisabilitydwpmental healthsuicidework capability assessmentBlogTue, 17 Nov 2015 13:10:50 +0000Bernadette Meaden22321 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukAfter the Work Capability Assessment - what next?http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22118
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<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22114" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Living EconomyPeople and PowerNews Briefdisabilitydisableddisabled peopleEmployment Support Allowanceesaresearchwcawork capability assessmentBlogThu, 24 Sep 2015 23:00:00 +0000Stef Benstead22114 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukESA and WCA survey: background and guidance noteshttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22113
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<p><a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22113" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Living EconomyNews Briefdiabilitydisableddisabled peopleEmployment Support Allowanceseawcawork capability assessmentBlogThu, 24 Sep 2015 23:00:00 +0000Press Office22113 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukGroundbreaking research aims to displace flawed sickness benefit testhttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22116
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<div class="field-item"><p><strong>LONDON &amp; EDINBURGH, September 25th, 2015:</strong> The independent researcher, Stef Benstead, and the beliefs and values think-tank Ekklesia, have today announced the start of a research project aimed at developing an alternative to the failed Work Capability Assessment (WCA). </p>
<p>The project is based on the premise that the WCA is beyond fixing and needs to be abolished. The research will develop a new system, designing a ‘real world test’ driven by the views of sick and disabled people. It employs crowdsourcing techniques to draw on the widest range of expertise.</p>
<p>The research will begin with a survey designed for people with long-term illness to contribute their views on what affects their ability to find and keep work, what support they need and what a proper assessment process should look like. </p>
<p>The survey results will then be analysed and turned into a report presenting an alternative to Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), based on the views of users provided by the survey. </p>
<p>This innovative project follows a series of earlier research reports produced by disabled people and published by Ekklesia, including ‘Responsible Reform’ (2012) and ‘Beyond the Barriers’ (2014). </p>
<p>It comes at a time when a recent coroner’s verdict found the work capability assessment directly responsible for a claimant’s suicide, stressing the urgent need to abandon the current system.</p>
<p>Virginia Moffatt, Ekklesia’s Chief Operating Officer, commented: “Ekklesia is delighted to be working with Stef Benstead again as she undertakes this life-changing research. </p>
<p>“Earlier this year, we published correspondence between leading Catholics and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, highlighting serious problems with the government’s approach to welfare issues. </p>
<p>“The Minister has yet to take us up on our offer of a meeting to discuss alternative approaches. We believe this project provides an ideal opportunity for him to engage with sick and disabled people who are calling for an end to the failed Work Capability Assessment. We hope he will now accept our invitation to meet.”</p>
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<p>1. Founded in 2002, Ekklesia is a think-tank examining beliefs, values and religion in politics and public life (<a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk" title="www.ekklesia.co.uk">www.ekklesia.co.uk</a>).<br />
2. Creating a future beyond the Work Capability Assessment (WCA): <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/esawcasurvey" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/esawcasurvey">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/esawcasurvey</a> We are grateful to the Passionists General Fund for supporting this initiative.<br />
3. The survey consists of thirty questions, mostly multiple choice. It can be accessed directly at: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/wcasurvey" title="http://tinyurl.com/wcasurvey">http://tinyurl.com/wcasurvey</a><br />
4. Correspondence with Iain Duncan Smith: <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21928" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21928">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21928</a> and <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21932" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21932">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21932</a><br />
5. Stef Benstead has been working on issues relating to disability and social security for over four years, since she first became ill herself. Prior to becoming ill, she was at university studying for a PhD but was unable to sustain this programme due to her condition. Most of her research work in the last four years has centred on ESA and the WCA, investigating the multiple flaws in the WCA and examining how other countries assess incapacity benefits.<br />
More on disability issues locally and globally from Ekklesia: <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/disability" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/disability">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/disability</a><br />
7. For further details and comment, contact: Virginia Moffatt: 07729 380471; Simon Barrow 07850 120413</p>
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Living EconomyPeople and PowerNews Briefdisabilitydisableddisabled peopleEmployment Support AllowanceesaMedia CentrePress Releaseswcawork capability assessmentThu, 24 Sep 2015 23:00:00 +0000Press Office22116 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukCreating a future beyond the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22112
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<div class="field-item"><p>Following consultation with disability organisations, Ekklesia is conducting a survey of people with mental or physical health conditions in order to design a replacement for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). We consider the WCA to be too flawed and broken to be satisfactorily fixed. It needs replacing, and the people best able to do this are those who are affected by long term illness.</p>
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<div class="field-item"><p>Following consultation with disability organisations, Ekklesia is conducting a survey of people with mental or physical health conditions in order to design a replacement for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).</p>
<p>We consider the WCA to be too flawed and broken to be satisfactorily fixed. It needs replacing, and the people best able to do this are those who are affected by long term illness.</p>
<p>Ekklesia has commissioned experienced independent researcher Stef Benstead to carry out this research, in collaboration with other grassroots disability groups.</p>
<p>Our survey is designed for people with long-term illness to contribute their views on what affects their ability to find and keep work, what support they need and what a proper assessment process should look like.</p>
<p>The survey results will be analysed and written up into a report that will present an alternative to ESA and the WCA, based on the majority views given in this survey.</p>
<p>You can read through the survey in the files attached, and then either return it by mail or <strong>complete it online <a href="http://tinyurl.com/wcasurvey">here</a>&nbsp; We now have an easy read version which is available <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/3sBgdbzmQO">here</a>.&nbsp;</strong>Full background and <strong>guidance notes</strong> are available <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/22113">here</a>&nbsp; Email enquiries should be directed to: <a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;">&#101;&#107;&#107;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#105;&#97;&#115;&#117;&#114;&#118;&#101;&#121;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a></p>
<p><em>Please note: Ekklesia is committed to the abolition of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). We are therefore working with Stef Benstead, an independent researcher who lives personally with the issues she is researching, to help develop a new system designed by disabled people. We invite you to take part in our survey. <strong>Trigger Warning: </strong>The survey is a standard questionnaire which we hope the majority of people will feel comfortable with. We are aware, however, that for some people, filling in a questionnaire like this will remind them of the distress caused by the WCA. If you feel this may be the case for you but have ideas about the new system, we invite you to send your thoughts via the email address provided.</em></p>
<p><strong>* ESA and WCA Survey for people with long-term illness (*.PDF Adobe Acrobat document): <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.pdf" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.pdf">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.pdf</a> </strong></p>
<p><strong>* ESA and WCA Survey for people with long-term illness (Word document): <a href="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.doc" title="http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.doc">http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/sites/ekklesia.co.uk/files/esa_questionnaire.doc</a> </strong></p>
<p><strong>*ESA and WCA survey for people with long-term illness - EASY READ (Word document):&nbsp;</strong></p>
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Living EconomyPeople and PowerNews Briefdisabilitydisableddisabled peopleEmployment Support AllowanceesaResearchwcawork capability assessmentThu, 24 Sep 2015 23:00:00 +0000Stef Benstead22112 at http://www.ekklesia.co.ukMalingering, illness deception, and disability benefit reformshttp://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21751
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